HF 841

3rd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/19/2015 05:21pm

A bill for an act
relating to the military; granting resident status for purposes of higher education
grants and scholarships to certain active members of the military who reside
in the state; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
136A.101, subdivision 8.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to
read:

Subd. 8.

Resident student.

"Resident student" means a student who meets one of
the following conditions:

(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other than postsecondary
education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a postsecondary educational
institution for more than five credits in any term;

(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides in Minnesota at the
time the student applies;

(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if the student was a
resident of Minnesota during the student's period of attendance at the Minnesota high school
and the student is physically attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution;

(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum of one year, earned a
high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota;

(5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United
States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military service as defined in section
190.05, subdivision 5c;

(6) a spouse or dependent of a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, if the veteran
is a Minnesota resident;

(7) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota from an area that
is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding 12 months if the disaster
interrupted the person's postsecondary education;

(8) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code, title 8, section
1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to Minnesota and has
continued to reside in Minnesota; deleted text begin or
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(9) a student eligible for resident tuition under section 135A.043 deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; or
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new text begin (10) an active member, or a spouse or dependent of that member, of the state's
National Guard who resides in Minnesota or an active member, or a spouse or dependent
of that member, of the reserve component of the United States armed forces whose duty
station is located in Minnesota and who resides in Minnesota.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPORT.
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new text begin The adjutant general of the Department of Military Affairs must report to the
legislature by January 15, 2016, on the effect that contractual mandatory arbitration
provisions have on active duty military service members, and in particular on the rights
that these active duty service members have under law to be protected from foreclosures
and repossessions.
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